Eco-points and compensation areas
District of Tübingen
Eco-points immediately available from officially recognised eco-accounts for impacts in the Tübingen district. greeNature supports your compensation under the Ökokonto-Verordnung (ÖKVO) as a full-service partner, from requirement analysis through land allocation to recognition by the lower nature conservation authority.
The District of Tübingen at a glance
The Tübingen district lies in the centre of Baden-Württemberg and is also the seat of the Tübingen administrative region. At around 519 km², it is the smallest district in the state by area, but ranks among the densely populated and economically dynamic districts thanks to the university town of Tübingen. It comprises 15 towns and municipalities, including the three major district towns of Tübingen, Rottenburg am Neckar and Mössingen.
In landscape terms, the district belongs to the south-west German scarpland and has a share of three BfN natural regions. The west around Rottenburg belongs to the Neckar- und Tauber-Gäuplatten (D57) with the fertile shell limestone soils of the Obere Gäue. The wooded Keuper heights of the Schönbuch and Rammert, as well as the Alb foreland, belong to the Schwäbisches Keuper-Liasland (D58), while the Alb escarpment around Mössingen reaches into the Swabian Jura (D60).
Defining features include the Neckar valley as the central axis, the side valleys drained by the Ammer, Steinlach and Echaz, and the striking Alb escarpment with the Dreifürstenstein near Mössingen. The Naturpark Schönbuch, the first nature park in Baden-Württemberg, forms a large connected woodland area in the north of the district.
Economically, the district is shaped by the university and science hub of Tübingen, with research, medicine and biotechnology, strong pressure for settlement and commercial development in the Neckar valley, mineral extraction in the Neckar floodplains, and transport and energy projects. These impacts regularly trigger compensation and replacement obligations under §§ 13 to 15 BNatSchG, assessed in Baden-Württemberg through the Ökokonto-Verordnung in eco-points.
🗺️ Associated natural regions
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🌿 Ecological features
- Naturpark Schönbuch, the first nature park in Baden-Württemberg, with an extensive FFH site and the Schönbuch bird sanctuary
- FFH site Spitzberg, Pfaffenberg, Kochartgraben, Neckar (7419-341) and the Kochartgraben und Ammertalhänge bird sanctuary (7419-401)
- Around 31 per cent of the district area lies within the Natura 2000 network of FFH sites and bird sanctuaries
- Alb escarpment of the Swabian Jura near Mössingen with the Dreifürstenstein and warmth-loving calcareous grassland
- Traditional orchard belt and dry slopes on the Spitzberg and Härten, forming a species-rich cultural landscape
- Neckar, Ammer, Steinlach and Echaz as defining watercourses with restoration potential
- Obere Gäue with arable shell limestone plateaus and open field landscapes
✅ greeNature on the ground
greeNature operates nationwide and develops compensation areas in the Tübingen region too. We work consistently with the assessment system of the Ökokonto-Verordnung (ÖKVO), know the natural differences between the Gäuplatten, the Schönbuch and the Alb escarpment, and assign eco-points from recognised eco-accounts precisely to the relevant impact. We coordinate measures with the lower nature conservation authority at Landratsamt Tübingen and handle the whole compensation process from requirement analysis through to monitoring.
Typical measures in the district of Tübingen
Traditional orchards and calcareous grassland
Preserving and creating the extensive traditional orchards on the Spitzberg, the Härten and the Alb escarpment, and managing calcareous grassland through extensive grazing and scrub clearance. Habitat for cavity-nesting birds, wild bees and warmth-loving insects.
Woodland edges and dry habitats in the Schönbuch
Enhancing structurally rich woodland edges, clearings and dry sites in the Schönbuch and Rammert, promoting graded transitions between woodland and open land as habitat for reptiles, bats and insects.
Watercourse restoration
Revitalising the Neckar, Ammer, Steinlach and Echaz with bank flattening, deadwood and reconnection of former channels, improving connectivity and creating habitats for kingfisher and fish.
Wet meadows and floodplain meadows in the Neckar valley
Extensifying and rewetting valley meadows in the Neckar valley and side valleys, creating small water bodies and reed beds to support amphibians, dragonflies and wetland-dependent bird species.
Species protection CEF and FCS
Advance compensation measures (CEF) and measures to maintain favourable conservation status (FCS) under § 44 BNatSchG, for example replacement habitats for the sand lizard, bat roosts and amphibian spawning waters.
Habitat network in the Obere Gäue
Creating hedgerows, field margins, flowering areas and arable field strips on the cleared shell limestone plateaus, stepping-stone habitats for farmland birds and hamster-associated species in the open agricultural landscape.
Protected species in the Neckar valley between Schönbuch, Obere Gäue and the Alb escarpment
Bats in the Schönbuch and Rammert
The old- and deadwood-rich woodland of the Schönbuch and Rammert provide important roosts for woodland bat species such as Bechstein's bat and the greater mouse-eared bat. Preserving cavity trees and securing maternity roosts are typical CEF measures.
About this species ›Sand lizard on dry sites
Traditional orchard slopes, calcareous grassland, railway banks and embankments on the Spitzberg and in the Alb foreland are core habitats for the sand lizard. In the case of impacts, advance relocation and creating replacement habitats with stone ridges and deadwood are common practice.
About this species ›Skylark in the Obere Gäue
The open arable fields of the shell limestone plateaus around Rottenburg and in the Obere Gäue are habitat for the skylark and other farmland birds. Skylark plots, flowering strips and extensive field margin structures are suitable enhancement measures.
About this species ›Kingfisher on the Neckar and Ammer
Near-natural bank sections on the Neckar, Ammer, Steinlach and Echaz provide breeding sites for the kingfisher in steep banks. Restoration works with bank scarps and structurally rich watercourse margins create new habitats.
About this species ›Amphibians in floodplains and extraction sites
Small water bodies in the Neckar valley, gravel pit lakes and extraction sites are home to species such as the great crested newt and yellow-bellied toad. Temporary small water bodies, spawning pools and connected wetland habitats are central elements of compensation planning.
About this species ›Hazel dormouse at woodland edges and hedgerows
The structurally rich woodland edges, hedgerows and scrubby margins in the Schönbuch, Rammert and along the Alb escarpment provide habitat for the hazel dormouse. Preserving continuous woody structures and berry-bearing shrubs is essential for the species.
About this species ›Which projects trigger a compensation obligation?
Settlement and commercial development
Strong housing pressure in the university town of Tübingen, new residential and commercial areas, and the expansion of the science hub lead to land sealing. Landowners can contribute suitable land as compensation areas, and greeNature handles planning, implementation and monitoring.
Transport and infrastructure
Projects such as the Regionalstadtbahn Neckar-Alb, the expansion of federal roads such as the B27 and B28, and cycling and road projects generate compensation and replacement obligations under §§ 13 to 15 BNatSchG.
Gravel and mineral extraction in the Neckar valley
The extraction of sand and gravel in the Neckar floodplains, for example near Kirchentellinsfurt, is among the region's land-intensive projects. Extensions and reclamations regularly trigger compensation requirements, for which greeNature develops suitable eco-account measures.
Renewable energy
Wind energy projects in the woodland of the Schönbuch and Rammert, and ground-mounted photovoltaics on the Gäuplatten, require compensation under nature conservation law and species protection assessments under § 44 BNatSchG, particularly FCS measures for wind-sensitive species.
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Coordination with authorities
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Long-term monitoring
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